Sprint's LG G2: Tri-Band LTE aka SPRINT SPARK

[VW Maverick]

Tri-Band LTE info thread:

Bande ? part: LG G2 is the first announced Sprint tri band LTE handset - Sprint 4G Rollout Updates

Sprint to launch the LG G2 with tri-band LTE radios

LG

Once deployed, the coverage and building penetration will be fan-freakin-tastic.

Mav.

 

[Haalcyon]

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That should make for a lot of happy Sprinters as it's awesome phone from what I've read.

 

[moosc]

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Sounds good hopefully it'll be ready in 2015.

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[VW Maverick]

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Is that when your next upgrade is or just commenting on the speed of Sprint's deployment?
Mav.

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[srkmagnus]

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Is that when your next upgrade is or just commenting on the speed of Sprint's deployment?
Mav.

Sent from Torchwood.

I think he's referring to upgrade eligibility. Either way, Tri band is good news for the Sprint Network.

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[VW Maverick]

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Tri band is good news for the Sprint Network.

You got that right.
Very interested to see how it works in practical use.
Once all bands are active, of course.
That it is in the G2 makes the phone even better.

Mav.

 

[extremeblight]

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Does anyone know if the Nexus 5 will also support Tri-Band?

 

[VW Maverick]

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Does anyone know if the Nexus 5 will also support Tri-Band?

Possibly: Teaser: Is the LG D820 the Nexus 5??? - Sprint 4G Rollout Updates

Mav.

 

[VW Maverick]

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Deleted this post.
The User's Guide was for the Nexus 5, not the G2.
Pretty close variant though.

Mav.

 

[VW Maverick]

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Sprint announces their first 'Spark' tri-band LTE phones: LG G2, Galaxy S4 Mini, Galaxy Mega | Android Central

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-rel...-band-capable-smartphones-arrive-on-nov-8.htm

Mav.

 

[mostlywords]

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I was on the fence before, but now with this announcement, LG G2 will be my next!

 

[mylgt1]

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Does anyone know if the Nexus 5 will also support Tri-Band?

I'm not positive but I think the tri-band is 800mhz, 1.9ghz and 2.5ghz and I don't see the 2.5 ghz mentioned for the N5!
The N5 already has a -1 for me because of the smaller battery but was still thinking of it, but If it doesn't have tri-band this will make my decision to get the G2 so much easier

 

[VW Maverick]

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Interesting:

Sprint’s tri-band LTE phones to offer crippled service for the forseeable future | Android | Geek.com

Mav.

Edit: Looks like Geek.com grabbed the spreadsheet from S4GRU.com

 

[Mikey47]

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Interesting:

Sprint?s tri-band LTE phones to offer crippled service for the forseeable future | Android | Geek.com

Mav.

Edit: Looks like Geek.com grabbed the spreadsheet from S4GRU.com

But they didn't even get it right. It has nothing to do with the phones not able to do SVLTE. Sure, they can't do that because of a design choice to have only one radio as a way to save battery.

It is about CFSB and eCFSB. Certain markets do not support it, but they seem to indicate that Sprint doesn't care. I can assure you that they do.

Not only that the article, and certainly the title, seem to indicate this is everywhere across the whole Sprint network. It isn't. If I recall correctly, S4GRU says 60 - 70 percent of markets handle this just fine with more and more everyday.

EDIT: I was a little off, here is what the article says:

Currently, just over 60% of Sprint sites have their sites upgraded to new Network Vision 3G standards which allow Circuit Switched Fallback capability. However, not all 60% of these sites are currently allowing LTE to work on a Triband device. These all should be capable of using LTE on a Triband device now, or in the next few weeks. Many of these markets will need to have their MSC Switch Center?s software upgraded too for CSFB to work.

 

[moonoverparma00]

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But they didn't even get it right. It has nothing to do with the phones not able to do SVLTE. Sure, they can't do that because of a design choice to have only one radio as a way to save battery.

It is about CFSB and eCFSB. Certain markets do not support it, but they seem to indicate that Sprint doesn't care. I can assure you that they do.

Not only that the article, and certainly the title, seem to indicate this is everywhere across the whole Sprint network. It isn't. If I recall correctly, S4GRU says 60 - 70 percent of markets handle this just fine with more and more everyday.

EDIT: I was a little off, here is what the article says:

From the way I understand it, if the tower hasn't received the 3g upgrade, the triband phones won't stay connected to LTE. Sprint is working on this, it sucks, but it'll great when fixed.

Posted via Android Central App

 

[VW Maverick]

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Spark OTA update coming:

Mav.

Sent from my Sprint Tri-Band LG G2.

 

[Xtremeyouth1]

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Hopefully the Spark update is also the Kitkat update.

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[scheumanrj]

Hopefully the Spark update is also the Kitkat update.

That would be nice. It seems a bit odd to have this brand new phone with great specs and not be running kit kat

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[recoveringlefty]

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Hopefully the Spark update is also the Kitkat update.

Posted via Android Central App

From what I'm reading, the G2's Spark update is in final testing and it's being run on Android 4.2.2. So pobably no kit-kat with this Spark update.

 

[VW Maverick]

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The Open Source code for the next software version is on LG's website so the OTA update should be coming soon.

https://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensourceList?types=ALL&search=ls980

Mav.

Fixed the link.